More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
The Rivers Symphony Orchestra is currently holding auditions for flute, bassoon, and all string players. Rehearsals take place on Monday nights from 7:30 – 9:30pm during the academic year at The Rivers School Conservatory, 333 Winter Street, Weston, MA. Currently in its 21st season, the orchestra performs four concerts each season in Boston, Weston, and Needham. Please contact conductor David Tierney at [email protected] for more information or to arrange an audition.
Join the Davis on Tuesday, September 19, 6pm – 9pm to celebrate the opening of its fall 2017 exhibitions—including six special installations that bring spectacular energy and creative visual innovation to the Wellesley College campus. Welcome visiting artist Eddie Martinez in debuting his major solo exhibition, Ants at a Picknic, and enjoy a first look at Hrair Sarkissian: Horizon, Martin Luther: Protest In Print, Life on Paper: Contemporary Prints from South Africa, Soong Mayling: Paintings, and David Teng Olsen: Smoked My Head on Yes Waters.
The public is invited to an opening ceremony on Wednesday, September 20 at 11am at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College of a richly complex Medicine Buddha Mandala, a form imbued with powerful healing properties.
Over the course of three weeks, visiting monks from the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York will construct a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala amidst the mandala paintings of artist Eddie Martinez. The Medicine Buddha Mandala is considered the mind or palace of the Medicine Buddha, also known as the healing Buddha. Tibetan Buddhists believe that those suffering from mental or physical afflictions can potentially be healed by seeing this mandala because the visual impression goes deep into the subconscious.
After the opening ceremony, the mandala will be open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays, 11am – 1pm, and 2pm – 5pm daily until October 11.
The 11th Annual Our Voices Festival of Boston Area Women Playwrights will take place September 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Wellesley College in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. This free event is open to the public. A reception (refreshments) will be held at 6:30 p.m., and doors open at 6:50, with seats first come first served. The new plays and monologues will feature the talents of some of Boston’s best actors and directors performing new plays by:
Anne Marilyn Lucas, My Husband’s Keeper
Kelly, Franci & Perri DuMar, Run Aways
Over the past eleven years Our Voices has supported over 150 women writers to develop work for the stage. The festival is supported by the generosity of Nora Hussey and the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Wellesley College.
For more information, contact founder and producer Kelly DuMar ([email protected]) or call her at 508.647.0734.
Wellesley College is located at 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA. The Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre is in the basement of Alumnae Hall, which is wheelchair accessible. There is free parking in the garage across from Alumnae Hall.
From the League of Women Voters of Wellesley:
In conjunction with National Voter Registration Day, the League of Women Voters of Wellesley will have representatives on site at Wellesley High School on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 to register eligible students.
To be eligible to register to vote, residents must be 18 years of age on or before Tuesday, March 8, 2018 (the next Town of Wellesley election). The Commonwealth also allows those who are 16 and older to pre-register which, upon the 18th birthday, will automatically convert to registration to vote.
Students must provide a valid driver’s license number or the last 4 digits of SSN, or a copy of a current and valid photo ID showing name and address. For students living outside of Wellesley, the League will provide mail-in registration forms and instructions to access online registration.
Please encourage your WHS family members and friends to stop by the League’s table outside of the cafeteria during their lunch periods.
For further information, please go to www.lwvwellesley.org.
